'We Are In A Daze!' Royal Oak Woman Wins $500K Powerball Prize

ROYAL OAK, MI — A Royal Oak woman is still in a daze after winning a $500,000 Powerball prize from the Michigan Lottery, officials said.

54-year-old Deborah Berschbach bought the winning ticket with her husband at Star Market, located at 1806 West 13 Mile Road in Royal Oak, while driving up north to their cottage, officials said.

“On our way home Sunday, I got the ticket out to check it, and my husband said: ‘Wouldn’t it be something if you won big for Mother’s Day?'" Berschbach said. "When I scanned the ticket on the Lottery app and the amount of $500,000 came up on the screen, we couldn’t believe it. We both looked the ticket over what seemed like 100 times. We were shaking the whole way home!"

Berschbach's winning ticket matched the five white balls – 14-22-38-56-60– in the May 7 Powerball Double Play drawing to win a $500,000 prize.

With her winnings, Berschbach plans to pay off her home and then save the rest of the money.

"It still hasn’t sunk in that we won, and it feels like we are in a daze!" Berschbach said. "Winning is overwhelming in the best way possible."

The Powerball jackpot was last won on April 27. One ticket bought in Arizona won the $473.1 million jackpot. The current jackpot stands at $83 million.